All you ever wanted to know about meaningfulness
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The author, Louis E. Narens, is a mathematical psychologist who is currently a Professor of Cognitive Science at the University of California, Irvine, where he had been since 1979. He received his Ph.D. in 1970 from the University of California, Los Angeles. Narens’ publications range over several important areas of research in the behavioral and social sciences, especially the theory of measurement. His 1985 book Abstract Measurement Theory and the current one being reviewed are fundamental contributions to the field. He received the outstanding paper award for 2000–2002 from the Journal of Mathematical Psychology. The reviewer, Patrick Suppes, is the Lucie Stern Professor of Philosophy Emeritus at Stanford University and is Director and Faculty Advisor of Stanford’s Education Program for Gifted Youth. He received his Ph.D. from Columbia University in 1950, and has been at Stanford since then. He has published widely in philosophy, psychology, and education.
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